Upper portion of an amphora

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This is the upper part of an amphora of a reddish clay fabric with areas of blackening. The entire base has broken off and is missing except for one/some of six vessel fragments associated (unclear whether by original context or for shipment only) with the amphora (several of which clearly...

This is the upper part of an amphora of a reddish clay fabric with areas of blackening. The entire base has broken off and is missing except for one/some of six vessel fragments associated (unclear whether by original context or for shipment only) with the amphora (several of which clearly belong to other kinds of vessels). Part of a mud jar stopper is also associated with the it. This remaining portion is in unstable, cracked condition.

Provenance

From Nuri, Pyramid 7 (tomb of a Karkamani), NW foundation deposit. 1917-1918: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.
(Accession Date: August 10, 2006)